Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman has confirmed that his club has agreed a fee with the Blues for central defender Cameron Burgess.
News that Burgess, 25, who was left out of the Stanley side which beat Cambridge United 2-1 today, is on the way to the Blues broke this morning.
"Cameron is a great lad and we appreciate what he has done for us,” Coleman told the Lancashire Telegraph.
"I didn’t want him to go but the chairman, Andy Holt, has done the deal for the right reasons and Cameron can earn a lot more money at Ipswich so you can’t deny him that.”
Speaking to his club's official website, Coleman said he thought chairman Holt ought to have demanded more money for Burgess with the fee understood to be £750,000.
"Me and Holty are generally on the same page a lot of the time," he said. "This one wasn’t my decision. I would have held on for more money and I certainly didn’t want to lose him because I think he’s worth more than that. But we have got a decent fee for him.”
He added: "Cam will be earning a lot more money. Ipswich can pay a lot more money than us, undoubtedly a bigger club than us. Whether they’re a better club, that remains to be seen.
"But you can’t deny Cam the opportunity to earn three or four times his wages here and he leaves with all our best wishes.
"He’s a great lad. He went through the pain barrier on Tuesday to play a game for us, he was prepared to do exactly the same today. I think that tells you everything you need to know about the lad and Ipswich are getting a good player.”